#21BCBD#21BCBD

#21BCBD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.118 H 195.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#21BCBD
RGB	rgb(33, 188, 189)
HSL	hsl(180, 70%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(180, 83%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.5%, 0.5%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.44, -36.42, -11.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.44, 38.15, 197.34°)
OKLab	oklab(72.29% -0.1136 -0.0316)
OKLCH	oklch(72.29% 0.118 195.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.7914, 39.9603, 54.3826)
Luminance	0.3996 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#21BCBD #BD2221

analogous

#21BD70 #21BCBD #216EBD

triadic

#21BCBD #BD21BC #BCBD21

tetradic

#21BCBD #7021BD #BD2221 #6EBD21

square

#21BCBD #7021BD #BD2221 #6EBD21

split-complementary

#21BCBD #BD216E #BD7021

monochromatic

#0F5455 #188889 #21BCBD #3EDCDD #72E6E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#21BCBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.99

#21BCBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #21BCBD

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##21BCBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##21BCBD	1.00	2.34	8.99	8.99
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB2BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA3BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #21bcbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 188, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.118 195.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cd1d0',
    500: '#21bcbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #21bcbd;
$custom-light: #7cd1d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#21bcbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.385,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72291,
    "c": 0.11796,
    "h": 195.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#21BCBD

secondary

#CD6D6D

accent

#3C3BED

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #21BCBD

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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